Overview Are you insatiably curious, deeply passionate about the realm of digital applications and innovation, and ready to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Technology Specialist in Digital Application & Innovation at Microsoft. Digital Application & Innovation is a growth opportunity for Microsoft Azure, as well as its partners and customers. It includes a rich portfolio of products including Managed/PaaS services on the Azure Platform, GitHub, and Visual Studio. These technologies empower developers to build, deploy, and manage applications in a cloud-native way. As a Microsoft Technology Specialist, you will own and win the technical decision of customers. By demonstrating the value of Microsoft’s cloud services, you will help organizations trust Azure for their workloads, tools, and data. As a Technology Specialist in Digital Application & Innovation, you’ll be at the forefront of cloud-native architecture. This means designing systems that fully leverage the unique capabilities of the cloud, such as scalability, automation, and cost efficiency. You will work within a virtual team of technical, partner and consulting resources to help educate your customers at a technical level, demonstrate, and prove our solutions, and win the technical decision. Being part of this team will allow you to maintain and develop your deep technical expertise across Microsoft and non-Microsoft cloud-based technologies such as Containers, DevOps, Software Development Lifecycle etc. Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications · Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting o OR equivalent experience. Additional or Preferred Qualifications · Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 12+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting o OR equivalent experience. · 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external). · 6+ years experience leading technical projects. · Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).